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-eXalt
United States462 Posts
My question is for anyone who has used them, is there a difference between the Steelseries Scope / Desmo? Or is it just looks? Any other ones I should look at from different brands? Spending 80$ is better than having a kidney failure later in my life due to the massive amounts of Ibuprofen I'm taking cause of these headaches..  | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45002 Posts
Also, iNcontroL would probably know plenty about the Gunnar topic, no? I think he wears them  | ||
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-eXalt
United States462 Posts
 it's not too serious, just annoying. | ||
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Wrongspeedy
United States1655 Posts
On April 16 2012 14:04 xOny wrote: I realize a LOT of people think Gunnar's are completely useless and a waste of money and I respect that opinion. But I get VERY bad headaches from staring at my 23 inch glaring monitor in the dark for hours and I know the gunnars will help with that, at least a little bit. My question is for anyone who has used them, is there a difference between the Steelseries Scope / Desmo? Or is it just looks? Any other ones I should look at from different brands? Spending 80$ is better than having a kidney failure later in my life due to the massive amounts of Ibuprofen I'm taking cause of these headaches.. Whats more expensive? Gunnars or... Turning on the lights or having a lamp. | ||
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Kralic
Canada2628 Posts
On April 16 2012 14:22 Wrongspeedy wrote: Whats more expensive? Gunnars or... Turning on the lights or having a lamp. The lamp + power bill from the lamp will cost more in the long run. | ||
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MurMiLLo
United States260 Posts
thank me later  | ||
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Antimatterz
United States1010 Posts
On April 16 2012 14:22 Wrongspeedy wrote: Whats more expensive? Gunnars or... Turning on the lights or having a lamp. Depends on how much the lamp costs, how much electricity costs, and how much time the lights have to be on. So possibly the Gunnars. | ||
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Wrongspeedy
United States1655 Posts
On April 16 2012 14:24 Antimatterz wrote: Depends on how much the lamp costs, how much electricity costs, and how much time the lights have to be on. So possibly the Gunnars. Maybe even who is paying the electricity (and it would take a while if you turned on your lights for 3-4 hours a night). The thing is though when do you turn on your lights? Most rooms shouldn't need them at all during the day. I'm pretty sure even with the gunnars, its probably not good to look at screens in the dark for hours. Me I turn on the lights at night time, when I'm in a room, dadgummit I must be insane. | ||
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LittleAtari
Jordan1090 Posts
When I was exhausted, it felt like my eyes had pillows on them. People think that Gunnars only dim the screen and such, but the contours of the lenses actually re-align your eyes. I wore them until the week was over. It was a great choice and I was extremely happy. My sister and brother thought it was crazy until they saw that I wasn't complaining about my eyes anymore. So yes, go get some Gunnars. I've used flux. Gunnars will do more for your eyes than flux or adjusting the gamma on monitor will do. edit: gunnars was the only reason i was able to continue working. I would try to work with them off later on in the week, but after a few hours, the pain would come back. It wasnt until i got a significant amount of time to rest my eyes that the pain went away and I could start using my PC without them again. | ||
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CrazyF1r3f0x
United States2120 Posts
Thanks! haha I may not have headache problems like the OP, but my eyes do get sore; my eyes were actually hurting as a I read this, and after I applied flux (its sundown for me right now) I noticed the difference. Not sure if it will do the same for the OP's headaches but I am definitely going to use this program! Also the fact that in-game it looks like it's sunset is a pretty cool aesthetic bonus. | ||
Jibba
United States22883 Posts
amber tint (flux does) anti-glare/reflective coating (on some rxd glasses) slight magnification (on rxd glasses) The entire idea comes from shooting glasses, and you can get those for $20-40 with the amber tint and anti-glare. http://www.amazon.com/Coyote-Eyewear-Shooting-Glasses/dp/B003RV45AA http://www.autosportcatalog.com/sunglasses-and-driving-glasses/anti-glare-driving-glasses.cfm?mgsku=pp3983&sc=52219&mr:trackingCode=1507445C-6E84-DE11-B7F3-0019B9C043EB&mr:referralID=NA Gunnars work, they're just really overpriced and they don't really perform better than shooting glasses. | ||
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-_-Quails
Australia796 Posts
On April 16 2012 14:59 Jibba wrote: Gunnars = amber tint (flux does) anti-glare/reflective coating (on some rxd glasses) slight magnification (on rxd glasses) The entire idea comes from shooting glasses, and you can get those for $20-40 with the amber tint and anti-glare. http://www.amazon.com/Coyote-Eyewear-Shooting-Glasses/dp/B003RV45AA http://www.autosportcatalog.com/sunglasses-and-driving-glasses/anti-glare-driving-glasses.cfm?mgsku=pp3983&sc=52219&mr:trackingCode=1507445C-6E84-DE11-B7F3-0019B9C043EB&mr:referralID=NA Gunnars work, they're just really overpriced and they don't really perform better than shooting glasses. Some opticians have the option to get a range of tinted lenses (with or without rx) in any frames they have too, which is great if you're outside of the US and wear glasses anyway. Apparently, purple or green lenses help some dyslexics so they have a whole rainbow of colours. | ||
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FabledIntegral
United States9232 Posts
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Enki
United States2548 Posts
This. It changes the brightness of your monitor at night. Haven't gotten headaches at all since I started using it. | ||
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Capped
United Kingdom7236 Posts
On April 16 2012 16:40 Enki wrote: This. It changes the brightness of your monitor at night. Haven't gotten headaches at all since I started using it. I just installed it and.. It doesnt change the brightness it just makes it orange? lol. | ||
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Angra
United States2652 Posts
On April 16 2012 16:45 Capped wrote: I just installed it and.. It doesnt change the brightness it just makes it orange? lol. That's the part that causes headaches. The blue part of the spectrum, high intensity light. When you make your monitor have a warmer color (fully adjustable in the settings for how warm you want it to look) it will reduce the stress on your eyes, and in turn, reduce headaches from looking at monitors. I've been using Flux for about a year now and it's made my computer-using exponentially better. I've had zero headaches due to computer usage ever since installing it, and especially since I use a computer for my job as well it's incredibly helpful. I absolutely love the program and recommend it to as many people as I can. | ||
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Bobbias
Canada1373 Posts
I have a habit of staying up all night with no lights on in my room. That tends to cause eye strain when I spend all that time on the computer. I installed flux, and almost immediately noticed I got far less eye strain during the late night sessions than I used to. I don't even notice the difference between when it's running and not any more, either. After a day or 2 of using it I stopped noticing it. | ||
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hkf
Australia354 Posts
leaving satisfied, but disappointed because I too know the pain that is eye strain, being a software developer and general geek. and wanted to see if these will actually help with the headaches. | ||
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CPTBadAss
United States594 Posts
Oh, and as for Gunnars, I believe Jibba is correct. That being said, I've never bought a part since I already wear glasses. Since double glasses would just be silly....I'll just say I can't help you on that front. | ||
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turamn
United States1374 Posts
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GinDo
3327 Posts
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Capped
United Kingdom7236 Posts
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MaGariShun
Austria305 Posts
You have to set it up so it does the transition (from normal to "orange") over the course of 1 hour (it's in the options). This way you won't even notice when it transitions . Don't use it if you HAVE to work hard in the night though. The orange light (or better - the lack of blue light) makes your body realize that it is indeed night and you'll get tired faster. I personally always disable it if I have to pull an all-nighter. | ||
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Newbistic
China2912 Posts
I don't know if you still need this information, but I recently went to an eye doctor to get a prescription, and asked about Gunnar's glasses out of curiosity. Gunnar's is basically similar to shooting glasses, but of higher quality make. The company is built off of their patent on creating a high quality coating for their lens which is superior to that of regular shooting glasses. Furthermore, pretty much all lensmakers and eye glass stores can make tinted lens like Gunnar's to your specifications, but Gunnar's pricing is very competitive with the glasses you can get at an eyeglass store. | ||
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